İbrahim Burak Oğuz

CHP leader slams arrest of Urla mayor, says Turkey ‘does not have democracy’

Published by Hurriyet on Wed, 12/18/2019 - 09:53

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has slammed the arrest and removal of his party's district mayor for the Aegean province of İzmir, over alleged links to the FETÖ, the group behind the defeated coup attempt of 2016.

İzmir district mayor arrested over suspected FETÖ links

Published by Hurriyet on Tue, 12/17/2019 - 15:23

A mayor from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) was arrested over his suspected links to the FETÖ, the group behind the 2016 defeated coup attempt, a prosecutor's office said on Dec. 17.

İbrahim Burak Oğuz, the mayor of Urla district in the Aegean province of İzmir, is the first head of a CHP-run municipality to be arrested since the March 31 local elections.